There is no other place in the world where you can
find facts as tragic as in Albania. Condemnation falls on all those who have anticommunist ideals and act as such. In the little
Albania more than 25 400 people have been condemned of over 20 years of
prison, during the dictatorship system of EnverHoxha, without including the interned and those deprived
of the most basic rights and frees. The communist system has fired out 153
only amongst priests, after 1967. The strangest thing is that the criminals
were not condemned even after 1990, when the democracy came in Albania, until
1996, when the Democratic Party was forced to give up the power under the
pressure of guns, murders and gangs. Obviously the Democratic Party had no
previous experience, coming after a hard dictatorship, while the
social-communists still on power, managing the anarchy and revenge, had the
experience of the economic power. Many are the dead, violated, condemned, as
victims of this government. 43 000 innocent people have been killed in
Albania since 1997 on. The discriminating, revenging politics stroke the
successors of the former political dissidents of EnverHoxhas times. This was the same for the anticommunist Luan PjetėrShkreli from Shkodra, who was
sought after to be eliminated by the groups of the security of state. A few
years ago, the police shot on SenahiGjeka, along with his wife and children, in their bed,
and despite the protests of the anticommunist Association
2 Prilli 1991, the local authorities of Shkodra and Malėsi e Madhe, forcing to find out the authors, nothing was done,
just silence. The former President of Republics, RexhepMeidani has received lots of petitions, yet without
answer, filling the folders of the criminal state.

During the funeral of Deputy AzemHajdari, on September 14, 1998, killed in front of the Democratic
Partys seat, Luan Shkreli like many other anticommunists was beaten and menaced to be shot. Luans
life is still in danger, for NdocMarashShkreli, his
grandfather, was an all over Albania famous anticommunist,
killed by the forces of the security of state on 1952, while PjetėrDedėMalocaj,
his mothers father, was fired out with the group of Prekė
Cali, the man who participated in the establishment of the Albanias borders.
PjetėrDedėMalocaj, Prekė Cali and other
twelve anticommunists were fired out near to the
river Kiri on the Palm Sunday of 1945.

The democrat Luan Shkreli,
as well as many other young Albanians have been forced to leave Albania, in
order to save their life, although their forerunners gave their lives, blood,
properties and everything for this Albania. This is the little Albania of
unparalleled crimes.

FloriSlatina

The crime in Albania has
institutional basis

The crime phenomenon is part of the democratic
society. But the paradox is that in the post-communist Albania, the states
institutions are founded in crime. Lets remind of 1997, while the power was
usurped by the battles of gangs, starting in Lushnja,
following in Valona and so on all over Albania. Those who led the rebellions,
murders and violence are these same power keepers of today. The independent
and the oppositions press, no matter the troubles they went through, dared
to mention the names of Fatos Nano, SkėnderGjinushi, NamikDokle, GramozRuēi, ArbenImami etc. as organizers
of armed groups. The politicians and the institutions of the state suffered
no harm, but the Albanian democracy was heavily beaten, the fundamental
rights and freedoms were severely touched, as well as the personal property
and that of the state. It also was a knock down to the perspective and the
trust of the western countries for the progress and the good intention of the
Albanian politics to make Albania join the big European family.

The 203 policemen killed during their service in
these last five years, and the missing of arrests and condemnations for this
reason, speaks of the state managing the crime, for the policeman is the
image of law.

The Albanians aspiring for democracy have been fired
out by the gangs of the state, they are imprisoned, beaten, or filling the
lists of death. We say this with a loud voice, with facts. The democrat AldisXhevatSokoli, born on March 17, 1977, although having problems of blood-feud,
was many times threat to be fired out if not giving up his democratic
convictions. This young guy, as well as many of his friends, who want an
Albania without dictatorship, corruption, political, racial and ethnic
discrimination, participated in the peaceful demonstrations and protests
organized by the Democratic Party, as following the democrat leader dr. Prof.
SaliBerisha. AldisSokoli suffered violence
in the funeral of the Deputy AzemHajdari on September 14, 1998. That same day, many friends of Aldis have been beaten and 165 were arrested, accused for
coup d?tat, which came
out to nothing. This state uses violence if you dont think as they want, if
you disapprove their injustice, putting you in the lists of death, as it
happened to AldisSokoli,
or journalists of ShqipėriaEtnike
like VaselGilaj and KlajdKapinova. Our journalist KlajdKapinova, facing these
pressures, had to leave Albania, just like the democrat AldisSokoli, living now somewhere abroad in order to
save their life.

DesantilaBerati

KujtimFerhati, from dictatorship to dictatorship

The family of the Albanian democrat KujtimFerhati is a model for
suffering crimes. He was discriminated during the regime of EnverHoxha. His uncle Osman Zeka escaped from Albania in 1950, and for many years, KujtimFerhati and his family
were named Enemies of the communist power. With the braking down of that
system in 1990, this family was involved in installing democracy. KujtimFerhati and his
relatives have spent a lot, even risking their life. Kujtim
himself was an active participant in the efforts to pull down the bust of
Stalin on January 14, 1990,
the bust of EnverHoxha
on December 13, 1990,
in the protests of April 2,
1991, where four citizens of Shkodra
were killed, 163 wounded and hundreds of others suffered violence, one of
whom was even KujtimFerhati.
He was also present in the funerals of the democrat Deputy AzemHajdari on September 14, 1998, where
he suffered rubber sticks, and kicks from the anarchist Albanian police. In
1997, when the communist gangs caused the democratic power to fall, with
guns, the democrats ArjanMehmetaj,
Mark Lazri, KujtimFerhati, AgronMehmetaj, risked their life to defend the institutions of
the state. It is known that many democrats, who tried to defend the
institutions of the state, were killed. In this case, the communist gangs
burned up the house of Mark Lazri.

These communist beasts, that kill and terrorize the
democrats every day, are still searching these persons and others, to condemn
them, just because they are democrats. The honest Albanians are courageously
facing the provocations. Those who see themselves near to the tomb, are
forced to leave their country, their relatives and go abroad in western
countries, and such is the case above mentioned. Ina few words, the true
democrats who suffered violence during the regime of EnverHoxha, are still noticeably facing violence.

VaselGilaj

The structures of the state chasing and persecuting
the democrats of Malėsi

The sons of the former communists, violently back on
power, after the armed Bolshevik revolution of 1997, are still chasing and
persecuting systematically the democrats of Malėsi
and all those who have different convictions. This is what happened to dozens
of members and activists of the Democratic Party and the right winged forces
in the area of Malėsi in these last 12
years of transition. Killed, tortured and obliged to leave their birthplace -
this is the result of the discriminating politics of the new communists,
especially in these last 6-7 years of government. This is what happened to
the democrat ArbenDodėHaxhaj, from Bajza of Kastrat, born on September 19, 1975. He was born and
grown in a family of patriots and opponents to the regime of EnverHoxha. Arben and all the members of the family have joined the
progressive forces, since the beginning of the democratic changes. During all
that period, they have been helping and supporting the candidates of the
Democratic Party either in local or parliamentary elections. As involved in
the structures of the Democratic Party, as an activist with the youth of the
village, Arben was put on the target of the special
police structures of the state, since 1999-2000. They used every kind of
pressure, in order to stop his political activity. Though having no
motivation, on September 20, 2002, two vehicles of the police district of Koplik, have surrounded his house looking for guns and
narcotic plants. Even though he didnt protest, but only asked the motive of
the violent actions of the police, Arben was beaten
by two plainclothes detectives, who were part of the special forces fighting
crime, coming from the police district of Shkodra.
With the excuse of inspecting for narcotic plants, they let the dog loose,
which bit him on the left leg under the knee, causing him to faint. For a few
days he had to cure the wound at the health centre of the village, but the
sings of the bite are still on his leg. The provocations, anonymous letters
and phone calls with death threats were increasing toward Arben
and his family, especially toward his father DodėNikollHaxhaj, his mother Luēe and his brother Leon.

As the psychological pressure was increasing,
especially the days after the inspection at the house and the threats that
made Arben feel more unsafe for his life, he found
as the only way out, the departure from Albania, going in an occidental
democratic country, where life and freedom is protected by law. Even today,
agents of SIS, police and other structures of the state still keep on doing
phone calls threatening Arben and the members of
his family, who still live in Albania, perhaps trying to make even them leave
their country, as they are known as definitely in opposition with the actual
governing forces. This is one of the methods, besides the murders,
imprisonments and inhuman tortures, the sons of the former communists use to
eliminate their adversaries and strengthen their criminal power in Albania. Arben and dozens of other from Malėsi
might never come back near by their families, as
their life in Albania is always threatened by the organized crime and the
Mafia that lays down the law in Albania of the new century. Arben and his family had much pressure, threatening
phone-calls, forcing him to leave the country, just to save his life. RifatYmeri

The persecution on the
family Balaj

The neo-communist dragon is increasing the politic
revenge, the terror on democrat people who want a civilize society in the
post-communist Albania. Watch the picture of the family Balaj.
The three children of Fadil and VjollcaBalaj are smiling and happy, but they dont know
that the Albanian politics has condemned their parents. They are condemned
not just discriminating them, but also menacing them of death. Alban, Ardit and Era are not able yet to understand the
sufferings of their parents and the consequences of the terror used by their
state! We dont want to mention again the persecution used by the regime of EnverHoxha, neither want to
stop analyzing the sufferings of FadilBalaj, who worked in
difficult sectors of geology from 1979 till 1990. On January 24, 1984, after he fell
from a height of 13 meters, while working, he neither received help by the
state, but after he was cured he was sent to a more difficult sector of
geology. There is a complete accuse against this state, when we speak with
facts and loud voice that the democrat FadilBalaj, since 1992 could make his business, but the
political gangs destroyed it on 1997, when the communists took the guns and
usurped the state they still today keep. Just like many other businessmen, FadilBalaj was fined, menaced,
and there was an attempting to kidnap his children. Nothing else remained him
but to sell everything he owned to go in western countries, in order to save
his life and his family.

There are many facts like this in Albania, and our
journal, as a platform of the free intellectual Albanian opinion will
constantly deal with them. We met the good Albanian FadilBalaj in a western country, while the Albanians
were having a cultural activity there. He and many others had tears of
nostalgia for their country, and were very interested on the situation in
Albania, giving no space to ask them anything. Something very interesting is
noticeable: These emigrants are able to familiarize very soon to the conditions
of the life in western countries.

Our question is: How long does it take to the
Albanian politics to be educated with the spirit of parity and respect for
the human rights?!

SokolPepushaj

The young democrat Robert Lekaj forced to leave his country for his insecure life

By the end of 1950, because of the pressures on PrelZefLekaj
used by the communist power of Tirana, Prel, along
with his son Zef were forced to escape from Albania
toward Yugoslavia and then in the USA were they died. Prels
wife, Drande, was left alone with 4 children and
one of them was Mark Lekaj. In July 1951 was born Antonjeta, the last child, while her mother was in
prison. For 50 years the family of PrelZefLekaj suffered the most
barbaric treatment. They were deprived of all their rights, with 50 years of
imprisonments and internments, while their properties were sequestrated. This
same treatment was for all the Albanian families who had their members
escaped from Albania.

After 1990, with the democracy in Albania, the
family of the late PrelZefLekaj was having some liberty to breath, helped by
the Democratic Party.

With the proposal of the association of the
political imprisoned, Mr. Mark PrelLekaj is admitted in the police department of Shkodra as a police officer. The last two years he worked
hard observing the law as the chief of antiterrorism and against drugs.

The people who were condemned for cultivating
drugs wanted compensation after Mr. Mark Lekaj was dismissed without any motivation, by the
social-communists, violently back on power in 1997. These irresponsible
people dare to threat the life to Mr. Mark Lekaj and his only son, Mr.
Robert Mark Lekaj. On September 14, 1998, the day of the funeral
of the democrat Deputy AzemHajdari,
Mark was ill-treated by the police coming out with fractures and treated
hidden. For this insecurity of life he is forced to leave his country and go
in another. Those people names are not made public, for there might be
greater troubles for Mr. Mark PrelLekaj.

BukurijeHysenukaj

The KLA headquarters is
searching those who deserted during the war

By some information we have, some of the former
highest leaders of the headquarters of KLA, some of whom work with the UNMIK
forces have made a list of those who deserted during the war. We come to know
that Pal NikDoēi, born
on September 5, 1962,
from Pristine, is wanted. He was enlisted in the Yugoslavian army in 1985 in Tivar, and accused to be enlisted in the Yugoslavian UDB.
He joined KLA in March 1998 and deserted on September 25, 1998. Along with his group of
five people, he was in charge of discovering a Serb police post. After
discovering the armament and the equipment he reported to his commanders of
KLA, and received a second order to destroy it, but refused, for too
dangerous for his life and his group. Two days after their refusal to obey
the command, they receive the arrest order. They were accused to be agents of
UDB, as they were catholic. Being afraid of a condemnation, Pal NikDoēi is forced to leave
Kosovo on September 1998. Many leaders of the KLA have acted violently
committing crimes and tortures toward all those who disobeyed. The KLA wants
him, while the international forces are investigating on those people who
committed crimes opposition.

ZefNika

Blood-feud is an enlarging
plague

In the Albanian state the laws are not working. The
Canon is being observed, and the reconciling associations are doing the work
of the courts, prosecutors and investigators. The case of the citizen of Shkodra, SelimBushati, is one of those. His family suffered the
blood-feud consequences. On June
13, 1999, his son is shot dead by people who wanted to take
revenge. The killer was identified, according to the police information, and
he is V. Dizdari. The law is still inefficient, and
the revenge goes on in individual basis. SelimBushati decides to take revenge and is wounded, while
attempting to avenge his son, 6-7 months ago. SelimBushati is now forced to live shut in and his other
son of 13 years old cannot go to school. There are many children in the
region of Shkodra, deprived from the right of
education, just because the older ones commit murders like in medieval times,
and the laws dont work.

EsatYmeri

The politic murders and
crime give a hard time to the life and future of Kosovo

Although two years passed since the establishment of
the internationaladministration of Kosovo, the security there is still weak.
Over 11.000 are killed, 4.000 vanished, 550 massive tombs, 200.000 houses
destroyed and the fact of the growing political crime are discouraging. There
are people forced to leave the country because of the insecurity by the
Mafias groups acting against people and families who refused the military
Yugoslavian system during all their life. One of the many who left is PaulinKaceli, born on September 11, 1968 in Peja. He participated in the mass demonstrations of 1991.
Since then he was sought after by the agents of the Serb secret police. His
house was always supervised. They couldnt catch him although many times
tried to. His family suffered tortures. As they didnt find Paulin at home, used violence on the family and his wife,
Landi in the presence of her little child and other
members of the family. Leaving his daughter and parents he left Kosovo in
August 1998, as we are told by his friends in Peja.
The future of Kosovo is still unclear, the economy is destroyed and the
political crime makes harder not only their life but also the future of
Kosovo. According to the information we have, more than 28 to 32 different
foreign services work there and the Serbs amongst them. Every day the
activists of the liberty of Kosovo are executed and the police and UNMIK are
unable to prevent the political murders.

ZefNika

The democrats are still
being arrested in Albania

Albania is still the country of big problems. The
Albanian politic mafia is increasing day by day. Many democrats well known as
unyielding anticommunists are being sought after by
the forces of SIS. HilėShllaku,
member of the DP, famous for his disagreement with the socialist system, was
under search. He had tried to emigrate. According to the information we have
as a journal, in these last days, a careful search is being done in the
Airport of Rinas, where the democrat HilėShllaku, from the village Darragjat of Shkodra, was
arrested. The Airports stuff has been changed many times, in order to
establish the people faithful to the system. Mr.HilėShllaku thus, coming for
the funeral of his mother, was arrested by the forces of SIS, as soon as he
stepped down from the airplane. HilėShllaku had participated in the anticommunist
association 13 Dhjetori, in the protests of January 14, 1990, December 13, 1990, and April 2, 1991. He was
present in the funeral of the Deputy AzemHajdari on September 14, 1998. The police had attempted many times
to arrest him, before he left Albania to go in Italy. For this reason, the
family Shllaku felt forced to send their son EduartShllaku, born on May 17, 1982, to emigrate
in a state where he might feel secure and not menaced day and night just like
his father and his family. This made him miss his parents, family, relatives
and friends in the village Darragjat of Dajē in Shkodra. The insecure
life forced him to leave Albania, without enjoying the ears of youth in his
country.